Farcry patch 1.2 released.

hey Mike,

My CPU is unlocked for what i know, i understand that before some august
2003 date the cpu's were unlocked, mine is early 2003 purchase, so id assume
it is, with my config, what multiplier settings would you recommend?? or is
that difficult advice to give, meaning id have to set and test, set and
test... maybe a starting ball park figure?

thanks for help..

--
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"Aki Peltola" wrote in message
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"Mike P" wrote
Running the ram at a different speed than the cpu causes
performance killing 'wait states'.

This is what everyone is telling me too, but why do I get better
RAM benchmark scores when running at 133/166, then?

Thanks for the info Almeyda. I'll give it a try tomorrow ( Had a few brews
tonite).

My temps right now with the 2500 at stock settings is 130F . I'll watch my
temps as I overclock.

Been looking at the AQs
"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
RonK i overclocked only using the fsb going from 166 to 200, no voltage
increase, runs very stable and quite cool with my thermaltake, im of the
opinion that it still runs fine with standard amd heatsink&fan. Because of
my ram being pc2700 i used the asus bios config to divide the frequency
(5/6) for ram so that it isnt overclocked cause that cause some issues
only
with sound mainly, but for best performance PC3200 is the key. the xp2500
will even go further but probably needing a better cooling solution than
standard and ram, so im waiting to get some corsair xms3700 to further the
fsb.
cause of your ram speed ur in the same boat as me, im not sure if your
mobo
supports the fsb divider for ram, and ive heard that its not the greatest
option to take, but im happy for the time being and benchmarks and gaming
is
what i expected im very happy with the configuration..

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 512 XMS3700 for
xtra
Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
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"RonK" wrote in message
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How did you overclock your 2500 to3200 ?
Did you increase the cpu voltage as well.
Let me know - I want to overclock my 2500+.

Asus A7V8X
AMD 2500XP
1 gig pc2700
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 meg
2 sata maxtor 120 gig 8 meg in a Raid0 with 4 partitions.(Games partiton
is
the first one)
420 watt power supply - Sparkle

"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
mine detects at medium, and i know if i had ur cpu and ram it prob
wouldnt??? u need a faster card.

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xtra
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"Matt" wrote in message
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"Inglo" wrote in
message .. .
On 7/21/2004 10:28 AM Mike brightened our day with:

My point here is, I'm assuming they're actually referring to a PR
3000
Athlon, I just effin' hate the fact that FarCry labels my machine
"medium", I know it's not bleeding edge but it's better than
"medium".

I have a Athlon64 3500+ with a 9500 Pro and 2 gigs of memory and the
auto detect on Far Cry selected medium for my system. Now I'm not
sure
if it simply puts every system at medium, but I was still a bit
disappointed that it put my new system there.

Been looking at the Asus K8V Deluxe motherboard and the AMD 3000 64.
Supposed to be a real quick setup. I just have to explain to the wife that
we really don'y need any groceries for the next week or two.

I finished the previous post here cause I just happen to hit a wrong key -
Wonder how that happened ?


"RonK" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info Almeyda. I'll give it a try tomorrow ( Had a few
brews
tonite).

My temps right now with the 2500 at stock settings is 130F . I'll watch my
temps as I overclock.

Been looking at the AQs
"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
RonK i overclocked only using the fsb going from 166 to 200, no voltage
increase, runs very stable and quite cool with my thermaltake, im of the
opinion that it still runs fine with standard amd heatsink&fan. Because
of
my ram being pc2700 i used the asus bios config to divide the frequency
(5/6) for ram so that it isnt overclocked cause that cause some issues
only
with sound mainly, but for best performance PC3200 is the key. the
xp2500
will even go further but probably needing a better cooling solution than
standard and ram, so im waiting to get some corsair xms3700 to further
the
fsb.
cause of your ram speed ur in the same boat as me, im not sure if your
mobo
supports the fsb divider for ram, and ive heard that its not the
greatest
option to take, but im happy for the time being and benchmarks and
gaming
is
what i expected im very happy with the configuration..

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 512 XMS3700 for
xtra
Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
HIS Excalibur 9800XT 256mb @463/399 (Omegas 2.5.51 & ATI tool 0.20 No
Artifacts)
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"RonK" wrote in message
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How did you overclock your 2500 to3200 ?
Did you increase the cpu voltage as well.
Let me know - I want to overclock my 2500+.

Asus A7V8X
AMD 2500XP
1 gig pc2700
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 meg
2 sata maxtor 120 gig 8 meg in a Raid0 with 4 partitions.(Games
partiton
is
the first one)
420 watt power supply - Sparkle

"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
mine detects at medium, and i know if i had ur cpu and ram it prob
wouldnt??? u need a faster card.

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 512 XMS3700
for
xtra
Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
HIS Excalibur 9800XT 256mb @463/399 (Omegas 2.5.51 & ATI tool 0.20
No
Artifacts)
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2x40GB ATA Seagate
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ThermalTake Hardcano 10 (Modded - All bits attached to 5.25" case
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"Matt" wrote in message
...

"Inglo" wrote in
message .. .
On 7/21/2004 10:28 AM Mike brightened our day with:

My point here is, I'm assuming they're actually referring to a
PR
3000
Athlon, I just effin' hate the fact that FarCry labels my
machine
"medium", I know it's not bleeding edge but it's better than
"medium".

I have a Athlon64 3500+ with a 9500 Pro and 2 gigs of memory and
the
auto detect on Far Cry selected medium for my system. Now I'm not
sure
if it simply puts every system at medium, but I was still a bit
disappointed that it put my new system there.

well ronk, guess she'll take that pretty well eh, i mean u could always
convince her that its a new cult ur joining and the cults specific
initialisation is a 2 week famine, promises bliss and new insight! not to
mention it will bring great wealth!

oops darling i forgot the URL ill get back to you on that.... needs a credit
card... and guess what i get a new computer system in return for a large
donation...

well i guess that's a questionable theory... im tired

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 2x512 XMS3700 for
xtra Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
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Artifacts)
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2x40GB ATA Seagate
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"RonK" wrote in message
.. .
Been looking at the Asus K8V Deluxe motherboard and the AMD 3000 64.
Supposed to be a real quick setup. I just have to explain to the wife that
we really don'y need any groceries for the next week or two.

I finished the previous post here cause I just happen to hit a wrong key -
Wonder how that happened ?


"RonK" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info Almeyda. I'll give it a try tomorrow ( Had a few
brews
tonite).

My temps right now with the 2500 at stock settings is 130F . I'll watch
my
temps as I overclock.

Been looking at the AQs
"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
RonK i overclocked only using the fsb going from 166 to 200, no
voltage
increase, runs very stable and quite cool with my thermaltake, im of t
he
opinion that it still runs fine with standard amd heatsink&fan.
Because
of
my ram being pc2700 i used the asus bios config to divide the
frequency
(5/6) for ram so that it isnt overclocked cause that cause some issues
only
with sound mainly, but for best performance PC3200 is the key. the
xp2500
will even go further but probably needing a better cooling solution
than
standard and ram, so im waiting to get some corsair xms3700 to further
the
fsb.
cause of your ram speed ur in the same boat as me, im not sure if your
mobo
supports the fsb divider for ram, and ive heard that its not the
greatest
option to take, but im happy for the time being and benchmarks and
gaming
is
what i expected im very happy with the configuration..

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 512 XMS3700 for
xtra
Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
HIS Excalibur 9800XT 256mb @463/399 (Omegas 2.5.51 & ATI tool 0.20 No
Artifacts)
1x80GB SATA Seagate 8mg cache
2x40GB ATA Seagate
SB AudigyES
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"RonK" wrote in message
...
How did you overclock your 2500 to3200 ?
Did you increase the cpu voltage as well.
Let me know - I want to overclock my 2500+.

Asus A7V8X
AMD 2500XP
1 gig pc2700
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 meg
2 sata maxtor 120 gig 8 meg in a Raid0 with 4 partitions.(Games
partiton
is
the first one)
420 watt power supply - Sparkle

"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
mine detects at medium, and i know if i had ur cpu and ram it prob
wouldnt??? u need a faster card.

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 512 XMS3700
for
xtra
Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
HIS Excalibur 9800XT 256mb @463/399 (Omegas 2.5.51 & ATI tool 0.20
No
Artifacts)
1x80GB SATA Seagate 8mg cache
2x40GB ATA Seagate
SB AudigyES
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ThermalTake Hardcano 10 (Modded - All bits attached to 5.25" case
face
plate - way better looking)


"Matt" wrote in message
...

"Inglo" wrote
in
message .. .
On 7/21/2004 10:28 AM Mike brightened our day with:

My point here is, I'm assuming they're actually referring to a
PR
3000
Athlon, I just effin' hate the fact that FarCry labels my
machine
"medium", I know it's not bleeding edge but it's better than
"medium".

I have a Athlon64 3500+ with a 9500 Pro and 2 gigs of memory and
the
auto detect on Far Cry selected medium for my system. Now I'm
not
sure
if it simply puts every system at medium, but I was still a bit
disappointed that it put my new system there.

LOL

"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
well ronk, guess she'll take that pretty well eh, i mean u could always
convince her that its a new cult ur joining and the cults specific
initialisation is a 2 week famine, promises bliss and new insight! not to
mention it will bring great wealth!

oops darling i forgot the URL ill get back to you on that.... needs a
credit
card... and guess what i get a new computer system in return for a large
donation...

well i guess that's a questionable theory... im tired

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 2x512 XMS3700 for
xtra Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
HIS Excalibur 9800XT 256mb @463/399 (Omegas 2.5.51 & ATI tool 0.20 No
Artifacts)
1x80GB SATA Seagate 8mg cache
2x40GB ATA Seagate
SB AudigyES
ANTEC SuperLanboy 350 Case (350W SmartBlue PS)
ThermalTake Hardcano 10 (Modded - All bits attached to 5.25" case face
plate - way better looking)


"RonK" wrote in message
.. .
Been looking at the Asus K8V Deluxe motherboard and the AMD 3000 64.
Supposed to be a real quick setup. I just have to explain to the wife
that
we really don'y need any groceries for the next week or two.

I finished the previous post here cause I just happen to hit a wrong
key -
Wonder how that happened ?


"RonK" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info Almeyda. I'll give it a try tomorrow ( Had a few
brews
tonite).

My temps right now with the 2500 at stock settings is 130F . I'll
watch
my
temps as I overclock.

Been looking at the AQs
"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
RonK i overclocked only using the fsb going from 166 to 200, no
voltage
increase, runs very stable and quite cool with my thermaltake, im of
t
he
opinion that it still runs fine with standard amd heatsink&fan.
Because
of
my ram being pc2700 i used the asus bios config to divide the
frequency
(5/6) for ram so that it isnt overclocked cause that cause some
issues
only
with sound mainly, but for best performance PC3200 is the key. the
xp2500
will even go further but probably needing a better cooling solution
than
standard and ram, so im waiting to get some corsair xms3700 to
further
the
fsb.
cause of your ram speed ur in the same boat as me, im not sure if
your
mobo
supports the fsb divider for ram, and ive heard that its not the
greatest
option to take, but im happy for the time being and benchmarks and
gaming
is
what i expected im very happy with the configuration..

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 512 XMS3700
for
xtra
Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
HIS Excalibur 9800XT 256mb @463/399 (Omegas 2.5.51 & ATI tool 0.20
No
Artifacts)
1x80GB SATA Seagate 8mg cache
2x40GB ATA Seagate
SB AudigyES
ANTEC SuperLanboy 350 Case (350W SmartBlue PS)
ThermalTake Hardcano 10 (Modded - All bits attached to 5.25" case
face
plate - way better looking)


"RonK" wrote in message
...
How did you overclock your 2500 to3200 ?
Did you increase the cpu voltage as well.
Let me know - I want to overclock my 2500+.

Asus A7V8X
AMD 2500XP
1 gig pc2700
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 meg
2 sata maxtor 120 gig 8 meg in a Raid0 with 4 partitions.(Games
partiton
is
the first one)
420 watt power supply - Sparkle

"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
mine detects at medium, and i know if i had ur cpu and ram it
prob
wouldnt??? u need a faster card.

--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 512
XMS3700
for
xtra
Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
HIS Excalibur 9800XT 256mb @463/399 (Omegas 2.5.51 & ATI tool
0.20
No
Artifacts)
1x80GB SATA Seagate 8mg cache
2x40GB ATA Seagate
SB AudigyES
ANTEC SuperLanboy 350 Case (350W SmartBlue PS)
ThermalTake Hardcano 10 (Modded - All bits attached to 5.25"
case
face
plate - way better looking)


"Matt" wrote in message
...

"Inglo" wrote
in
message .. .
On 7/21/2004 10:28 AM Mike brightened our day with:

My point here is, I'm assuming they're actually referring to
a
PR
3000
Athlon, I just effin' hate the fact that FarCry labels my
machine
"medium", I know it's not bleeding edge but it's better than
"medium".

I have a Athlon64 3500+ with a 9500 Pro and 2 gigs of memory
and
the
auto detect on Far Cry selected medium for my system. Now I'm
not
sure
if it simply puts every system at medium, but I was still a
bit
disappointed that it put my new system there.

i see what ur saying matt, mine detects at medium yet i have everything max,
except for AA is on low, AF is on high too. In game that is....
yeah hopefully soonish ull see those cards drop a bit in price, as far as i
know here in Australia they are going to stop shippin them in.
--
Almeyda

AMD2500XP @ 3200XP 11X200 2.21Ghz (waiting for Corsair 2x512 XMS3700 for
xtra Ram speed & Possible xtra FSB )
ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition
ASUS-A7N8X-E Deluxe
Kingmax 2X256MB Tiny BGA PC2700 DualChannel @166mhz 5/6
HIS Excalibur 9800XT 256mb @463/399 (Omegas 2.5.51 & ATI tool 0.20 No
Artifacts)
1x80GB SATA Seagate 8mg cache
2x40GB ATA Seagate
SB AudigyES
ANTEC SuperLanboy 350 Case (350W SmartBlue PS)
ThermalTake Hardcano 10 (Modded - All bits attached to 5.25" case face
plate - way better looking)


"Matt" wrote in message
...

"Almeyda" wrote in message
...
mine detects at medium, and i know if i had ur cpu and ram it prob
wouldnt??? u need a faster card.

well don't get me wrong... I can put it up to high on 1024X768 and it
works just fine, it just won't auto detect it at high. Unfortunately I
spent all my money on the new system so a better card will have to wait
a while. Hopefully the X800s will bring down the 9800Pros a bit.

"Villain" wrote in message
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It's a kludge, I know, but beats nothing.


It certainly does. Thanks!

This is quickly becoming an amazing game, although I still wonder why I die
whenever I wade too far from the objective (such as wading into the water).
Is this normal?

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:32:30 -0400, "Tim"
wrote:

This is quickly becoming an amazing game, although I still wonder why I die
whenever I wade too far from the objective (such as wading into the water).
Is this normal?

Yes, as soon as you get creative and try to take a route the
developers don't want you to take, a helicopter turns up and kills
you. It took a lot of the fun out of the game for me, and turns a
potentially interesting game into another linear kill fest.
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"Andrew" spamtrap@localhost wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:32:30 -0400, "Tim"

Yes, as soon as you get creative and try to take a route the
developers don't want you to take, a helicopter turns up and kills
you. It took a lot of the fun out of the game for me, and turns a
potentially interesting game into another linear kill fest.
--


I didn't even hear the helicopter!